Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force

For model legislation crafted and adopted by the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force, go here.

The Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council:

Subcommittees

 * Internet Subcommittee
 * Tax Reform Subcommittee
 * Tax and Expenditure Limitation (TEL) Subcommittee
 * Fiscal Policy Reform Working Group
 * Unfunded Liabilities and Public Pensions Working Group

Co-Chairs

 * Jim Buck (R-IN), Public Sector Chair
 * Bob Williams (Founder & Senior Fellow, Evergreen Freedom Foundation ), Private Sector Chair

The Freedom Foundation is a libertarian think tank based in Olympia, WA, that says its mission is "to advance individual liberty, free enterprise, and limited, accountable government." The Freedom Foundation is a member of the State Policy Network and has received funding from the following conservative foundations: Coors-funded Castle Rock Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Sarah Scaife Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation (Wal-mart founders).

Corporate, Trade or Other Group Members
This is a partial list:
 * National Taxpayers Union
 * Barry W. Poulson, Ph.D. (Professor of Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder and Senior Research Fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation; former President, North American Economics and Finance Association ), Co-Chair, Unfunded Liabilities and Public Pensions Working Group
 * Amber Gunn (Director, Economic Policy Center, Evergreen Freedom Foundation)
 * Jason Mercier (Director, Center for Government Reform, Washington Policy Center; contributing editor to the Heartland Institute's Budget & Tax News; Treasurer, Washington Coalition for Open Government; and advisor to the 2002 Washington State Tax Structure Committee), Executive Committee member
 * Richard Vedder (Distinguished Professor of Economics, Ohio University; member of ALEC's Board of Scholars), Advisor
 * Kristina Rasmussen (Executive Vice President, Illinois Policy Institute)

Legislative Members

 * Chris Lauzen (R-IL and Certified Public Accountant), Co-Chair, Unfunded Liabilities and Public Pensions Working Group
 * Steve Brunk (R-KS)
 * John P. Adams (R-OH)
 * Jamie Van Fossen (formerly R-IA), former Public Sector Chair

Staff

 * Jonathan Williams (adjunct fiscal policy fellow at the Kansas Policy Institute, former Koch Associate, former staff economist at the Tax Foundation ), Director
 * Kati Siconolfi, Legislative Assistant
 * Pia Decarsin, former Legislative Assistant
 * Don Sheff, former Legislative Assistant